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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thehammer who wrote (149550)	5/29/2001 11:03:51 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Republicans in state of depression now............Biden to chair Foreign Relations, Leahy gets Judiciary May 29, 2001 Posted: 12:37 PM EDT (1637 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Delaware, will assume the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when the Democrats take control of the chamber next week, a Biden aide said Tuesday. Biden's decision not to return to the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee ends the uncertainty regarding the chairmanships of several committees that such a change would have caused. "At the close of business on June 5, when Sen. Jim Jeffords becomes an independent, Biden will become chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee," said Ed Hall, the Democratic staff director on that committee. "He will also assume the chairmanship of a new subcommittee on Judiciary, the Judiciary subcommittee on crime and drugs." Biden's decision was the key to settling the lineup of committee chairmen when the Democrats gain control of the Senate early next month. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont will preside over the Judiciary Committee, with jurisdiction over President Bush's judicial nominees -- including any Supreme Court vacancies that occur. With Leahy chairing the Judiciary Committee, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin is assured of becoming chairman of the Agriculture Committee. Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland will become chairman of the Banking Committee.